Just arrived in new york. Check out the beautiful photo of us in Niagara. So we arrived in Niagara Falls on Friday evening after long journey from Chicago. The train left Union Station and stopped at Buffalo (more like Buffa-no to be honest as there was barely anything there). Had to walk miles to get some breakfast - pancakes, bacon, eggs etc from 'Londa's Diner'. Ailsa then found sun cream had exploded in her bag (just the top half, phew, but still annoying an...

Hello. We made it to Chicago after a long and tiring journey. Transit flight between NY and Chicago was very small plane which breaked SO HARD on the landing - anna was bending forward when it landed and was physically unable to sit up until the plane had stopped because the force kept her hanging there for literally a minute. so funny. We were up for 24 hours and still managed to find our way to the hostel without getting lost. The hostel is alright no bed bugs ...

Haven't packed either, got so much to do but promising myself I won't panic. Also informed that we are due to take off (and land) in thunderstorms, yay... To all my friends and family I haven't managed to see I am taking pretty much everyone's addresses with me so expect postcards along the way from various exotic locations. Was in town today to get a few final things and managed to lose my return ticket for the bus, this doesn't bode well. Can't believe it's c...

Its the day before. I still havn't packed but look how pretty chicago is :)

Well here I am in my house in Chelmsford. Anna set this blog up this morning and so I'm getting to grips with using it too before we go, a week today. hashtagOMG. Much time is being spent in the way of preparation but I don't think either of us are 110% ready yet. Had LOADS of injections though (about 20 between both of us). Fly from Heathrow to NY on tuesday v early in morning and first challenge is to make sure we don't lose our bags on subsequent transit flig...